Falling Apart

Falling Apart

Have you ever felt like things were falling apart?  Maybe the glass cooktop on your stove is cracked because someone dropped your favorite mug on it.  The repair is costly, so now black electrical tape hides the damage.  You look around and the wallpaper is worn and window treatments are a bit tattered.  There’s a gouge in your wood floor.  Things are falling apart inside the house. 

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Patricia Batten
Giving Gratitude

Giving Gratitude

Clinical psychologists have lately been researching the emotion of gratitude.  This is known as the field of gratitude research.  Traditionally, they say, gratitude is felt and expressed when we’re indebted to another person. 

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Patricia Batten
The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth

As a parent, I know that there’s “the truth” and then there’s “the whole truth.”

Most arguments between my children happen when I’m downstairs and they’re upstairs, or I’m cooking and they’re playing. I dash into the family room or the bedroom and ask, “What happened?”

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Patricia Batten